Chandannagar Assembly constituency explained

Chandannagar
Type:SLA
Mla:Indranil Sen
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2021
State:West Bengal
District:Hooghly
Loksabha Cons:Hooghly
Constituency No:189
Established:1957
Electors:198,602
Reservation:None

Chandannagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 189 Chandanagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandernagore Municipal Corporation and Bhadreswar Municipality.[1]

Chandannagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
Chandernagore
1957Hirendra Kumar ChattopadhyayIndependent[2]
1962Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India[3]
1967Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1969Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1971Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1977Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Bhabani MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987Sandhya ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991Sandhya ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996Kamal MukherjeeIndian National Congress[12]
2001Kamal MukherjeeIndian National Congress[13]
2006Sibaprasad BandopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Chandannagar
2011Ashoke Kumar ShawAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016Indranil SenAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2021Indranil SenAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Sibaprosad Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) won the 182 Chandernagore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamal Mukherjee of Congress defeated Ratan Lal Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 2001 and Sandhya Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1996. Sandhya Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Kamal Mukherjee of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Indumati Bhattacharya of Congress in 1982 and Asit Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1977.[17]

1957-1972

Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1972,[7] 1971,[6] 1969[5] and 1967.[4] Bhabani Mukherjee of CPI won in 1962.[3] Hirendra Kumar Chattopadhyay, Independent, won in 1957.[2]

1951-1962 Bhadreswar

The Bhadreswar seat was there between 1951 and 1962. Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1962.[3] Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1957[2] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 26 July 2015. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
  2. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  10. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  11. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  12. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 6 February 2015.
  13. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  14. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  15. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  16. Web site: General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  17. Web site: 182 - Chandernagore Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 1 December 2010.
  18. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.

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